Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced a Rs 1,000 crore relief package for flood-ravaged areas, along with free community kitchens for evacuated people from inundated areas till the situation improves. As the state experienced two separate flood...
In a remarkable story of endurance, a man swept away by the Pochara River's floodwaters was rescued on Tuesday after surviving for five days by clinging to a palm tree in Odisha's Bhadrak district, officials said. The survivor, identified as...
The Odisha Vigilance Department officials on Tuesday arrested two government officials for allegedly demanding and taking bribes in separate cases in the state, officials said. The Vigilance officials arrested a revenue inspector while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs...
The Odisha government on Tuesday named advocate Biraja Shankar Mishra as a member of the state human rights commission, according to an official notification. The appointment, made under Section 22(1) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, will take...
